[PATCH v4 2/8] tools, pager: Support overwriting the pager

[Andi Kleen]

From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add an interface to the auto pager code that allows callers
to overwrite the pager.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
index 9997a8805a82..e3d47b59b14d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ void pager_init(const char *pager_env)
 	subcmd_config.pager_env = pager_env;
 }
 
+static const char *forced_pager;
+
+void force_pager(const char *pager)
+{
+	forced_pager = pager;
+}
+
 static void pager_preexec(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -66,7 +73,9 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	const char *pager = getenv(subcmd_config.pager_env);
 	struct winsize sz;
 
-	if (!isatty(1))
+	if (forced_pager)
+		pager = forced_pager;
+	if (!isatty(1) && !forced_pager)
 		return;
 	if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &sz) == 0)
 		pager_columns = sz.ws_col;
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
index f1a53cf29880..a818964693ab 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ extern void pager_init(const char *pager_env);
 extern void setup_pager(void);
 extern int pager_in_use(void);
 extern int pager_get_columns(void);
+extern void force_pager(const char *);
 
 #endif /* __SUBCMD_PAGER_H */
-- 
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